Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Published: September 2006

Publisher: Broadway Books

Format: audiobook via Overdrive

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.

My Thoughts

Camille returns home after years of being away to cover a string of murders in her hometown. While there she returns to her childhood home to her mother who she hasn’t had the best relationship with and a sister she doesn’t really know. Camille still longs for her other sister who died and she accuses her mother of killing her. The relationship between these two is so odd and creepy and once we find out why they are this way with each other I definitely felt sorry for Camille and I understood why Camille did the things she did to herself. During her time there still meets some very interesting people and slowly tries to figure out who has been killing these young girls and while she has her suspicions the killer might be closer than she ever realizes.

I’m a huge fan of Gillian Flynn I love that her stories slowly unfold and how every second you think you have it figured it but no sooner than that happens your theory is shot down. The way she weaves a story together is so flawless not to mention she does gritty like nobody’s business. Everyone in this story has so many flaws and it seems like everyone is a victim here that you can’t help but feel sorry for them. However, some of those same people are so evil and sick that you can’t believe what you are reading. This is another winner from Gillian Flynn and I can’t for her next book.